Gay Rights Demonstrators Pelted With Eggs

In Moscow, Police detained gay rights activists. European lawmakers were among them as they tried to present a letter to Moscow's mayor Sunday in a demonstration that also attracted a hostile crowd. Those people punched them and threw eggs at the activists. A letter, signed by some 40 European lawmakers, appealed the city's ban on a march that would have taken place Sunday to mark the 14th anniversary of russian decriminalizing homosexuality.